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What I always found laughable was the young women at school that were dating some
absolute a##holes - guys that were verbally and physically abusive, guys that
were dating more than one woman - and making a point of letting everyone know

About ten years ago, I read an article in "American Scientist", a publication of
a respected honorary scientific society.

The article was about observations made by two well-educated female scholars of
a band of apes in the wild (I think it was baboons.).

These lady researchers were trying to figure out the influence of "female choice" in selecting
males for mating purposes.

I JUST ABOUT BUST A GUT LAUGHING, when they described with disbelief that one of the
most popular males among the lady baboons was the "bad boy".
This jerk baboon bit, snarled and generally treated the female baboons with disrespect
bordering on open hostility.
The lady baboons couldn't get enough of him when it came time to "make new baboons".

These educated lady researchers just couldn't understand this and went at length
(and impotently) tried to rationalize this behavior. Their befuddlement should have
gotten them a role in the movie "Clueless".

I just thought to myself..."these ladies must have gone to an all-girl prep school; it's obvious
they never attended a regular high school!"

As difficult as it's been, I try to NOT believe that more than a few
human females are simply female baboons. Even though the evidence might support
this point of view.